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by Ciro Soto 09 Aug '09

09 Aug '09

I started a small project of ~100 pages and tried to do it with Scribus since it required pictures, inserts, etc. I found that Scribus was not going to be able to handle the task so easily. So I am back to Context. Here is my task: in the right pages, I want the text (~50 pages of text) and in the left pages I would like a picture and a quotation coming from the right page (this quotation I am willing to do manually). My question is, how do I make one \setuplayout for the odd pages, and another for the even pages? I may use pictures that bleed over the upper left corner of the left page. I used the option \placefigure [opposite], which puts the picture in the opposite page, very nice. However, I have two problems with it: it may put the picture in the right page (opposite to the text in the left page), and I can't make the picture bleed because my \setuplayout is for both pages. I can work with what I have done so far, but I wonder if my task is possible with the current Context macros. thank you Ciro -- Links of your interest: http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~cirosoto/ http://www.TheGuitarMakerExploration.com https://www.createspace.com/3392936

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space between text and formula
by Bostjan Vesnicer 09 Aug '09

09 Aug '09

Hi, when I use \indenting [yes, next, big] there is no space between a text and a formula (MKII only) BTW, what is the difference between \indenting and \setupindenting ? \indenting [yes, next, big] \starttext Watch the space between this line and the formula. \startformula E = m c^2 \stopformula \stoptext

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Latest beta doesn't load modules
by Thomas A. Schmitz 08 Aug '09

08 Aug '09

Hi Hans, the latest beta is unabel to load external modules. luatools knows where the module is: luatools t-simpleslides.tex /Users/tas/texmf/tex/context/third/simple-slides/t-simpleslides.tex And yet, it claims it's unable to find it (after saying it has loaded the module): system : module simpleslides.tex loaded ! I can't find file `t-simpleslides'. <to be read again> \relax \dodoreadfile ...ax \inputgivenfile \readfilename \relax \the \everyafterrea... \next ...)}\settrue \moduleisloaded } \donothing } \stopreadingfile <argument> ...es \f!thirdprefix {simpleslides.tex} \dododousemodules \empty {... \firstoftwoarguments #1#2->#1 \dodousemodules ...}}{\dododousemodules {#1-}{#2}} \ifconditional \moduleislo... ... l.6 Same file compiles fine with current stable. All best Thomas

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correction of the question about \useURL
by rene hassel 07 Aug '09

07 Aug '09

Hello Members, I have a problem with the use of \useURL \useURL[pragma-document-url][http://www.pragma-ade.com/document-1.htm]<http://www.pragma-ade.com/document-1.htm%5D%5B%5D%5Bpragma-document> [][pragma-document] with \from[pragma-document-url] I get http://www.pragma-ade.com/document-1.htm in the text, but not pragma-document \useURL[geocities-url][http://www.geocities.com/alex_stef/mylist.html]<http://www.geocities.com/alex_stef/mylist.html%5D%5B%5D%5Bgeocities> [][geocities] works well with \from[geocities-url] (In the first question I wrote: \from[geocities]) I get a reference to geocities. May be is the problem the difference between the .htm and the .html file? Then is the question how to handle .htm files? best regards, Rene van Hassel

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fontfeatures
by Wolfgang Schuster 07 Aug '09

07 Aug '09

Hi Hans, what happened with the option to set font features with more memorizable names you mentioned in http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2007/028330.html It would be nice to write \definefontfeature[mine][smallcaps=yes] instead of \definefontfeature[mine][smcp=yes] where you have to know the four letter code for the feature. Wolfgang

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texworks with context on linux
by Alex Lubberts 07 Aug '09

07 Aug '09

Hi, Yesterday I wanted to try out texworks for editing and typesetting my context documents. I installed texworks from the ubuntu launchpad ppa since '--goodies=texworks' doesn't work on linux-64, yet. Then I ran into a few problems: * The script mtx-texworks.lua wasn't able to start texworks because "unable to locate texworks". In the loop that's searching all the binpaths I put in 'logs.simple("%s",p)' and found out that binpaths only consists of one element: the complete PATH variable. I guess it means that there's something wrong with the function file.split_path, but I don't understand what's happening there. When I replaced the loop with 'p="/usr/bin/texworks"' texworks started as expected. * However the typesetting engines were not correctly set up. Texworks (at least on linux) seems to be looking for a file TeXworks.ini. The one in the minimals distribution is called texworks.ini. Renaming this solved it... * ... almost. In the TeXworks.ini file I also had to replace all occurunces of 'mtxrun.cmd' (doesn't work on linux, is this correct for Windows?) with 'mtxrun'. I wish I could help solve these points, but since I'm not much of a programmer I cannot solve the first issue, and the other are just a matter of renaming/replacing?? Regards, Alex -- Alex Lubberts <alex(a)lubberts.org>

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useURL how to use?
by rene hassel 07 Aug '09

07 Aug '09

Hello Members, I have a problem with the use of \useURL \useURL[pragma-document-url][ http://www.pragma-ade.com/document-1.htm][][pragma-document] with \from[pragma-document-url] I get http://www.pragma-ade.com/document-1.htm in the text, but not pragma-document \useURL[geocities-url][ http://www.geocities.com/alex_stef/mylist.html][][geocities] works well with \from[geocities] may be is the problem the .htm and the .html file? Then is the question how to handle .htm files? best regards, Rene van Hassel

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Re: [NTG-context] metaobj and luatex 0.42.0
by Matthew Claus 07 Aug '09

07 Aug '09

Thank you Taco and Hans for the very quick explanation. Regards, Matt

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Wrap an item in a frame?
by U Avalos 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Hi all is there a way to automatically wrap an \item in a frame or frametext box? This my be an obvious question but can't seem to figure it out... Tried this \setupitemize[1][ before=\startframedtext after=\stopframedtext ] But that didn't work.

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Layers don't repeat in Mk IV
by Derek CORDEIRO 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

I've been trying to use layers for a simple logo that repeats on all pages. Something along the lines of the code below: \definelayer[mybg][x=0mm, y=0mm,width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight,repeat=yes] \setlayer [mybg] [hoffset=1cm, voffset=1cm] {\framed[frame=on, width=3cm, height=2cm]{\externalfigure[cow][width=1cm] }} \setupbackgrounds[page][background=mybg] \starttext \dorecurse{6}{\input tufte\par} \stoptext It works as expected using Mk II but does not work under Mk IV: The layer appears only on the first page. Please Help, Derek

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